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Worrying rise in pertussis cases across UK and Europe
Nurses should advise parents and pregnant women to book a vaccination appointment
Unsocial shifts and rotas: what’s your breaking point?
Nurses are flexible but there has to be give and take if the NHS is to boost retention
Surge in measles cases underlines the need for children to be vaccinated
Nurses should help parents get access to the safe and effective vaccines for their children
Our professional inferiority complex: why you’re never ‘just’ a nurse
Safety-critical care is what we do, yet some of us can’t resist the urge to downplay
Hospital car parking: who exactly is making a profit from all those charges and fines?
Using staff as cash cows if they drive to work shows how far goodwill has fallen in the NHS
Cruel curbs on migrant care workers’ lives are at odds with British values
Rules to stop overseas staff bringing family are also risky for the care sector and NHS
PEWS could be a great leap forward as long as you have the staff to use it
New initiatives are to be welcomed, but investment in children’s nursing is a priority
How to help families discuss organ donation with children
Patients may find it difficult to talk about with loved ones – this book could help
How my disability made me a better, braver nurse
As nurses we can use our own experiences as patients to enhance person-centred care
How nurse-led change on a children’s day surgery unit reduced the wait for discharge
Nurses in a new day surgery unit successfully introduced criteria-led discharges
Patient’s clinical negligence complaint left me broken and isolated by misplaced shame
Accusation blighted my life – but here’s how I survived, and you could too
Why we mustn't overlook dads caring for children with complex needs
Greater information about fathers’ needs would enable services to address them